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Houses in Wales
Wales has 17 stately homes on the list, most in the care of the National Trust with a handful more under Cadw. The pick runs from Plas Newydd's shoreline setting on the Menai Strait to the Dinefwr estate and Erddig near Wrexham - one of the most complete gentry houses in Britain, upstairs and down.
There are 17 stately homes in Wales on this list across 12 counties. Plas Mawr is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 644 Google reviews. Erddig draws the most reviews of any house here, 5,419 of them.
Map of every stately home in Wales
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Anglesey - 1 stately home
- Plas Newydd National Trust
Carmarthenshire - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in South Wales →
- Newton House, Dinefwr National Trust
Ceredigion - 1 stately home
- Llanerchaeron National Trust
Conwy - 3 stately homes · Best stately homes in North Wales →
- Aberconwy House National Trust
- Bodysgallen Hall National Trust
- Plas Mawr Cadw
Denbighshire - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in North Wales →
- Bodrhyddan Hall Conwy family
Gwynedd - 2 stately homes · Best stately homes in North Wales →
- Penarth Fawr Cadw
- Plas yn Rhiw National Trust
Isle of Anglesey - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in North Wales →
Newport - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in South Wales →
- Tredegar House National Trust
Pembrokeshire - 2 stately homes · Best stately homes in Pembrokeshire →
- Carswell Medieval House Cadw
- Tudor Merchant's House National Trust
Powys - 2 stately homes · Best stately homes in South Wales →
- Caer Beris Manor Group Retreats
- Tretower Court Cadw
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in South Wales →
- Dyffryn House National Trust
Wrexham - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in North Wales →
- Erddig National Trust
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Wales?
17 stately homes in Wales are on this list, spread across 12 counties. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which county has the most stately homes in Wales?
Conwy, with 3 of the 17. Next come Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire and Powys on 2. The full spread is 17 houses across 12 counties, every one of them a heading on this page.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Wales?
Plas Mawr in Conwy, rated 4.8 from 644 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Wales is the most reviewed?
Erddig in Wrexham, with 5,419 Google reviews at 4.7. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in Wales free to enter?
2 of the 17: Penarth Fawr and Carswell Medieval House. The rest charge for entry, and prices are set by each house rather than held here, so check the operator's own site before you travel.